Koa Ridge Project Being Reviewed By Zoning and Planning Committee

The Honolulu City Council's Zoning and Planning Committee will be meeting to discuss the Koa Ridge Project, which is being proposed by developer Castle & Cooke Homes.  The large residential project has asked to rezone 576 acres of agricultural land in Waipio, just north of Ka Uka Boulevard.  If approved, Castle & Cooke hopes to build 3,500 residential homes, a new medical facility, a commercial center, an elementary school, several parks and a small business hotel.  As part of the proposal, the Koa Ridge Project will spend $100 million in traffic improvements for the neighborhood, including build a new H-2 freeway interchange at Pineapple Road.

The project has been heavily criticized by the Sierra Club Oahu Group and other organizations who feel that this would destroy one fertile agricultural land.  There is also concern about traffic that the Koa Ridge development would cause in the neighborhood.

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 9-10-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, REALTOR®
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